Posts Tagged ‘collection’

LOUIS XVI MARBLE, BRONZE AND ORMOLU PENDULE, DIRECTOIRE ORMOLU-MOUNTED MARBLE MANTEL CLOCK, XVI ORMOLU-MOUNTED MAHOGANY SIDE CABINET, ORMOLU AND BRONZE WALL CLOCK

Monday, December 28th, 2009

LOUIS XVI MARBLE, BRONZE AND ORMOLU PENDULE, DIRECTOIRE ORMOLU-MOUNTED MARBLE MANTEL CLOCK, XVI ORMOLU-MOUNTED MAHOGANY SIDE CABINET, ORMOLU AND BRONZE WALL CLOCK
A RARE AND VERY IMPORTANT LOUIS XVI MARBLE, BRONZE AND ORMOLU PENDULE
A CERCLES TOURNANTS attributed to Thomire, the enamel hour and minute rings decorated in the manner of Coteau with exceptionally finely drawn gilt [...]

Antique Empire and Regency Style Sideboards.

Monday, October 12th, 2009

French Empire Style Sideboards
Empire sideboards were first hand made in 1802 of the Voyage daps la Basse et Haute Egypte, a collection of drawings by Baron Vivant-Denon, who had accompanied Napoleon on his excursion to Syria and Egypt in 1798-1801, heightened the interest in Egypt that Napoleon’s campaign had itself generated.
Sideboards designed by Napoleon’s architects, [...]